laggardly

Definitions

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adj. Resembling a laggard; slow; taking more time than is necessary; lagging behind

adv. In the manner of a laggard.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Loiteringly; lazily; sluggishly.

Etymologies

laggard +‎ -ly (Wiktionary)

Examples

"But the country's attitude is very relevant to whether we're gonna - and when we do come out of this - we are seeing signs that we're coming out of the recession right now - as we come out of that recession, do we come out kind of laggardly and kind of just a slow bump which is what people are saying right now.

That American postmodernists might seem laggardly in their capacity for game-playing and their delight in "incongruity" when compared to a Georges Perec or a Raymond Queneau would no doubt strike certain no-nonsence American readers and critics as outlandish.

Over 100k private sector jobs were lost last month, there were downward revisions to the Jan and Dec numbers, the dollar shot down to an all-time low against the euro, the housing/credit crisis is worsening, the Dow is sliding, oil is over $100, gold is near $1000, inflation is frothy ... this could be bad -- wider and deeper than anyone expects -- partially due to the laggardly response from the deniers-in-chief.